IT’S THEIR LIFE TO LIVE (working title)

They are women, of different age, living in France, Canada or New York. They are nurses, bloggers, sociology students or lawyers...
But they share a common fate: they had an abortion and made the choice to continue "to live their life"…despite the remarks that were made when they decided to terminate their pregnancy, despite the difficulty of getting an appointment or finding a clinic in good time, despite their "carelessness", their "selfishness", their "inability to live a life like the others".
And apart from the question of abortion and the heated debate it still provokes today in many countries, it is above all their choice of life, their independence, their identity, their history, their social class that is being judged and attacked.
In France, abortion is first and foremost threatened by the systematic pressure on the public hospital service. But also, the political debate has turned to certain moral values that concentrate on the norms of the traditional family...
In the United States, the law varies by state. Social and cultural origins play an important role. Also, the surgical act or the abortion pill are expensive for women who don’t have health insurance ... In Canada, even if it’s now 25 years since abortion has been decriminalized, it often remains a stigmatized act. Few talk about it for fear of being judged...
Abortion is still under attack. Threatened in countries where it is legal, it remains a decision that touches on several aspects: the status of women, inequality of class and origin, the pressure of religion, ambient paternalism and moral values...